Pipe-joint and the like



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PIPE JOINT AND THE L-IKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT: 2s, 1920.

1,37%81 l I, I Patented May 31,1921

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l To all Be it known that I, THoMAsLILLIn FYFFE, la subject 4of the Kinof Great Britain and;

useful Joints ioA plingpiece tapered at inside the pipe at 4` F CE.

'mom LELIE rn, or DUNDEE, sco'rLAivn.

vrirlgiaoiiv'r AND-TEE "Liza- Ireland, residing at undee, in.` the county of Forfar, Scotland, have invented new and Improvements in or Relating to Pipeandthe like, is a specification. v This invention relates to couplings for pipes and tubes ofthe type in which a couboth ends is disposed the joint andtwo 'corre- I spondinglytapered collars are disposed outimproved means for inventlon is characterized in'1 that those tionsofthe interior coupling piece w 'ch side. the pipe ends with a union .nutadapted to draw the tapered collars together. v The object of this invention is to provide jointiiig pipes and particularly for jointin'gvlead or.- other metal pipes without the use oli-solder. f

4pipe'jointmade in `accordance with this are to bein'contact with the ends'ofthe Aals pipes' toy be' joined are of spherical or apT proximatelyl spherical shape, and in that the exterior collars are formed with correspondingly shaped ends. prefer'also to form the said interior coupling piece with one or more ridges or stops o f the pipes may abut .when the joint is assembled.

Figure 1 isa perspeetiveview of a Tjoint made in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectioiimof. the joint shown in 1 il :3-

n the form shown herein. .ltle coupling comprises a -ends 3, 4 anl 5, d d be 9 respective y encircling it sai ven s a dared end adapted 46 herical corev 2 having semi-s ,8 and.

each havinga 'band passage. ollarslO V11' and 12 each ha to encircleone of 80.15

semi-spherical ends,

cient large diameter to accommodate the wall of a pipe', such as I, 14 and 15, between said flared ends and thecopera'tmg' semi- Specification of Letters Patent. .application ined september 2s, i920. semi No.

of which the followlngA at opposite sides of the collars bein secured together. by a e collars 11 and 12 are at one side thereof with;`

a attened portion having a threaded-lperouter end,.the iiange is then p against whichjthe ends Referring. to the .drawings filed liere- '-.ters- Patent'isz-- 'tubular three-way member 'are provided, the open; 1n inthe ared ends of the collars being oli Patented May a1,- 1921. claas?. v

spherical ends offthe core, each of the collars also having a cylindrical .portion en-- circling its pipe. Any suitable means may be provided for securing the collars together, but in the present instance the collars 11 and; 12 are each provided withlaterally extending thereof, the abutting ears bolt and nut 17. each also provided foration, and the collar is flanged' at its pass screws 19 for threadedopeni in thereby to dralisthe engagement with the the \collars l11 and 12,`

lars 11 and 12;

perforated ears or .lugs 16 being provided withl a pair of perforated ears '18, through which 5.

flange 'of the collar 10 toward Vthe flattened portionsof the colof the pipes,- and the ends of the pipes' are the semi-spherical 'recess' formed by the flared ends ofthe collars, by

means of a' suitable tool, the. ends of the' e interior coreandthe .collars ypipe being finished oil'. Th

aced in vposition aresecured together. .f The` whole forms a simple, secure, and watertight joint, not re'- quiring skilled labor tott.

tI c aim and desire to securebyLete 4A pipe coupling "device,

of, said ends, eachof said flared endjadapted compia-'sin a; havingsjen'in f Y spherical ends, an annular band'enclrcling- 'each-ofsaid ends, a tubular semispherical ends -and spaced therefroma'.

distance Sufficient and sai collar, each iof said portion adapted ther.

name to this specification.

to .accommodate theyvall ofa. .p i e. between said semispherical end collars toencircle its/ pipe, and means for securmg said 'collars atv THoMas-Lninin rYFF-n 

